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Saturday Aug 24, 2019 #
12 PM
Orienteering 2:58:39 [3] 5.9 mi (30:17 / mi) +1613ft 24:03 / mi
shoes: NB 410 v5
Ellicottville rogaine. Very tough. More comments later.
I don't have my map handy (I'm out of town), but thought I'd put down a couple of comments, from memory.
When we got the maps, we looked at both options, of going W-SW, or going E-NE. Jackie suggested to the 3 hour people that going E-NE might be easier. We still pondered both directions, and decided neither one looked all that inviting given the 3 hour time limit. Just not very many controls near the start, except for a few 10 pointers, and nothing looked particularly easy, either navigationally or physically (not many trail options, lots of climb, lots of some shade of green). So we just picked one -- we went E-NE.
I can't remember exactly what controls we did (I'll list them when I'm reunited with my map). #10 was first, and 28 and 30 were the furthest. Then we had a major challenge to get back without being overtime. We had to forego a few controls that weren't very far out of our way, due to the time limitation. We were (or at least I was) pretty certain at one point, with about an hour left, that there was no way we'd get in on time, and then a little after that, my only goal was to not get negative points.
As it was, we put on a gallant charge with 15 minutes or so left, helped by getting on a trail that was a long downhill, but not too steep to run safely, and with few rocks or roots or other tripping hazards. When we finally reached the road near the start-finish, we had 3 minutes left and I knew we wouldn't be overtime. But we were close ...
All in all, it wasn't very satisfying. We felt we worked real hard for 3 hours, and didn't make any major navigational mistakes (although certainly a few strategic mistakes). We wound up with only 6 controls and 140 points. It was enough to beat the only other team in our division, but it didn't feel like much of an accomplishment.
I don't have my map handy (I'm out of town), but thought I'd put down a couple of comments, from memory.
When we got the maps, we looked at both options, of going W-SW, or going E-NE. Jackie suggested to the 3 hour people that going E-NE might be easier. We still pondered both directions, and decided neither one looked all that inviting given the 3 hour time limit. Just not very many controls near the start, except for a few 10 pointers, and nothing looked particularly easy, either navigationally or physically (not many trail options, lots of climb, lots of some shade of green). So we just picked one -- we went E-NE.
I can't remember exactly what controls we did (I'll list them when I'm reunited with my map). #10 was first, and 28 and 30 were the furthest. Then we had a major challenge to get back without being overtime. We had to forego a few controls that weren't very far out of our way, due to the time limitation. We were (or at least I was) pretty certain at one point, with about an hour left, that there was no way we'd get in on time, and then a little after that, my only goal was to not get negative points.
As it was, we put on a gallant charge with 15 minutes or so left, helped by getting on a trail that was a long downhill, but not too steep to run safely, and with few rocks or roots or other tripping hazards. When we finally reached the road near the start-finish, we had 3 minutes left and I knew we wouldn't be overtime. But we were close ...
All in all, it wasn't very satisfying. We felt we worked real hard for 3 hours, and didn't make any major navigational mistakes (although certainly a few strategic mistakes). We wound up with only 6 controls and 140 points. It was enough to beat the only other team in our division, but it didn't feel like much of an accomplishment.
Thursday Aug 22, 2019 #
9 AM
Run/walk 35:01 [3] 3.59 mi (9:45 / mi) +60ft 9:36 / mi
shoes: Montrail Bajada III size 11.0
More pleasant today (58 degree DP, 70 F temperature). Ran 5 minutes, walked 1 minute for the most part.
AP gave the climb as 181 feet which is clearly not right. For some reason, twice when I walked, it showed the elevation dropping dramatically, like by 60 feet. My estimate of actual climb, from looking at the elevation profile, is 60 feet.
AP gave the climb as 181 feet which is clearly not right. For some reason, twice when I walked, it showed the elevation dropping dramatically, like by 60 feet. My estimate of actual climb, from looking at the elevation profile, is 60 feet.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019 #
12 PM
Run/walk 45:00 [3] 4.47 mi (10:04 / mi) +2ft 10:04 / mi
shoes: Hoka Conquest 2
First run in 5 days, and wow did I feel the lack of recent running. It was a bit humid (70 deg DP) but not terribly hot (upper 70's).